“This Forum will be the largest and most important of its kind,” Doug Erber, President of the Japan America Society of Southern California.

The year 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the dropping of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing approximately 120,000 men, women, and children instantly. Thousands more died from injuries and radiation in the following days and years.

This forum, proudly presented by JANM and the Orange Coast Optimist Club, will address the devastating and ongoing effects of atomic weapons on the people of Japan and the world. A range of internationally recognized speakers will discuss the legacy of the nuclear age and present video interviews with hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors). Doug Erber, President of the Japan America Society of Southern California, will serve as emcee.

March 19, 2015 (Chapman University)
March 21, 2015 (Japan American National Museum-JANM)

JANM’s Tateuchi Democracy Forum
1:00 – 5:00 pm – Art Exhibit
2:00 – 4:15 pm – Forum

 The Program:

MC – Doug Erber – President Japan America Society of Southern California

Opening Prayer: Rev. Kiyoshi Igawa of Rose Hill Chapels

Reading: “The Experience” (reading of the Enola Gay leaving from Tinian Island…Little Boy,,,three days later, Kokura, Nagasaki, Fat Boy) Richard Fukuhara (4 minutes)

Hibakusha Experiences:
Video Interviews –  Namba-san (6 -7 minutes), Hiroshima
Video Interviews –  Sakata-san (6 – 7 minutes), Nagasaki
Speaker                 –  Otake-san (10 minutes), Hiroshima
Video Interviews –  Yamada-san (6 minutes), Hiorshima
Video Interviews –  Kaz-san (8 minutes), Hiroshima

Video interview – Dr. James Yamazaki  ( 6 minutes)

Speaker – Tomoko Maekawa – from Nagasaki, discuss Nagasaki Peace Program her experience growing up in Nagasaki after the war (15 minutes)

Speaker – Dr. Akiko Mikamo – Hiroshima, talk about her father. Hibakusha, and her experience grwoing up in Hiroshima (20 minutes)

Speaker – Dr. David Krieger, discussion current state of nuclear weapons today (20 minutes)

Q and A (15 minutes)

(JANM  only- Holiness Youth Choir – “Sakura” “Let There be Peace on Earth”) (8 minutes)

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Please RSVP at richard@shadowsforpeace.com or 714-271-7646 (limited seating)

Recent JANM Discovery Nikkei Article:
 http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2015/3/5/richard-fukuhara-1/
 http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2015/3/6/richard-fukuhara-2/